Installing multiple times using unattended mode
If you must install IBM® Unica Marketing products multiple times, for example when setting up a clustered environment, you may want to run the IBM® Unica® installer in unattended mode, which requires no user input.
About the response files
Unattended mode (also known as silent mode) requires a file or set of files to provide the information that a user would enter at the installation prompts when using the console or GUI modes. These files are known as response files.
You can use either of these options to create response files.
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IBM® Unica® installer - installer.properties
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Product installer - installer_ followed by initials for the product name. For example, the Campaign installer has a response file named installer_uc.properties.
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Product reports packs installer - installer_ followed by initials for the product name plus rp. For example, the Campaign reports pack installer has a response file named installer_urpc.properties.
Edit the sample files as needed and place them in the same directory with your installers.
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Before you set up an unattended run, you can run the installer in Windows GUI or UNIX X-windows mode or in Console mode and choose to create the response files.
The IBM® Unica® master installer creates one file, and each IBM® Unica® product you install also creates one or more files.
The response files have .properties extensions, such as installer_product.properties and the file for the IBM® Unica® installer itself, which is named installer.properties. The installer creates these files in the directory you indicate.
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Where the installer looks for response files
When the installer runs in unattended mode, it looks for the response file as follows.
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All response files must be in the same directory. You can change the path where response files are read by adding arguments to the command line. For example:
-DUNICA_REPLAY_READ_DIR="myDirPath" -f myDirPath/installer.properties
Effect of unattended mode when you uninstall
When you uninstall a product that was installed using unattended mode, the uninstall is performed in unattended mode (without presenting any dialogs for user interaction).
Unattended mode and upgrades
When you are upgrading, if a response file was previously created and you run in unattended mode, the installer uses the installation directory that was previously set. If you want to upgrade using unattended mode when no response file exists, create a response file by running the installer manually for your first installation, and be sure to select your current installation directory in the installation wizard.